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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Larry Jason Cohen | ||
Date of birth | 7 November 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
Position(s) | Central defender, defensive midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
Highlands Park | |||
Balfour Park | |||
Corinthians F.C. (South Africa) | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2007–2010 | Jomo Cosmos | 48 | (2) |
2010–2011 | Wits University | ||
2012 | Witbank Spurs | 25 | (2) |
2012 | Mpumalanga Black Aces | 0 | (0) |
2012–2013 | Chippa United | 22 | (2) |
2013–2015 | Moroka Swallows | 57 | (3) |
2015– | Ajax Cape Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2012 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 March 2015 |
Larry Cohen (born 7 November 1987) is a South African professional soccer player of Lithuanian descent who plays for Ajax Cape Town. [1]
Larry Cohen was born to Martin Cohen, one of South Africa's prominent footballers in the 1970s. [2]
On 21 November 2014, Cohen's application of the reinstation of the Lithuanian nationality was approved and he became a Lithuanian citizen. [3] He received his first call up for the Lithuanian national football team for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against England, but FIFA did not allow Cohen to play for Lithuania. [4]
After four seasons with Ezenkosi, Cohen signed with Wits in 2010. [5]
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